SME Times News Bureau | 29 Oct, 2020
The Indian Railways is mulling
idea of converting several passenger trains into express trains to
provide better services to passengers and speed up the train services,
but no decision has been taken by the Railway Board yet.
A
Railway Ministry official said that the news of railways planning to
convert 181 passenger trains to express is not "actually based on any
decision" of the Railway Board.
He said, no decision like this has been taken by Railway Board as yet.
The
official said, "However, as an idea conversion of slow moving passenger
trains to express by speeding up can be seen as process for passing on
the benefits of improved infrastructure and rolling stock to
passengers."
He said that the passengers will have better
facilities due to availability of reserved accommodation including AC
accommodation and the passengers will also benefit due to lesser journey
time and faster transit.
The official pointed out that the line capacity utilisation of railways will improve due to faster transit better throughput.
"However, it is still in planning stage and nothing has been finalised yet," another official said.
